Category: Art

  • Mavis is Immediately Back~

    Mavis Fan’s fans (no pun intended) rejoice! She’s got three songs out this year, making a comeback since 2009 with Immediately (當下, Dang Xia). Obviously, the East doesn’t give a flying fish about End of the Year lists or the Holiday season, that’s why they keep releasing stuff- business like usual. xD

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    Sorry, US-based users. I was only able to find the songs on Xiami. I know, geoblocks suck. But, as far as I know, the songs aren’t available anywhere else -even on iTunes TW- because it seems like a Xiami exclusive release.

    –EDIT JAN 20–

    I wasn’t aware that Mavis had added this free download link on her website.

  • Crowd Lu’s Natural Is Best

    Crowd Lu’s back! Two years after his military service with Natural Is Best (天然的最好, Tian Ran de Zui Hao) as a Happy Chinese typical Crowd Lu type of music to say goodbye to 2014 and welcome 2015. It’s a digital single (so I suppose there’s no album… yet), but there was supposed to be a concert in Yangming Shan (陽明山).

    Actually, Crowd had released Becoming a Man (大人中) [clip] back in March, which you can get on iTunes.

    Anyway~ Happy holidays, everyone!

  • My Dad Welcomes Joe Cocker~

    Joe Cocker was one of my dad’s favorite musicians, so I guess he’s now enjoying the music wherever they may be.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRzKUVjHkGk

  • Girls Who (Punk) Rock: Vi Är Bäst!

    A double feature with Lukas Moodysson’s Vi Är Bäst! (We Are the Best!) and Nobuhiro Yamashita’s Linda Linda Linda. Because~ Why not? RIGHT?

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  • Jennifer Beals Appreciation

    When visiting IMDb, you’re reminded that Jennifer Beals is turning 51. 51! The last time I saw her on TV was in her small role in Castle (which my mother loves), and I have to admit that I hadn’t follow through any of the actresses post-The L Word. And to be honest, I was much too preoccupied with Shane and her love life to care much for Bette.

    But alas~ TCM Latin America has been running Flashdance quite a bit, on top of the numerous references to the movie this year (eg. Cuban Fury, Happy New Year), so I clicked on Beals name wondering what she’s been up to, and was eventually directed to this video of the Flashdance screening celebrating 30 years of the movie. I was shocked, she looked freaking amazing. Like- I’m even jealous of how good she looks in there. She even looks better on that clip than this photo from the event~

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    Most people need expensive lights to be well-lit and make you look like a million bucks. Jennifer Beals looks like ten million bucks in that poorly-lit shot for the fansite. I also wasn’t aware that she and my bias Olivia Thirlby had made a movie together. Now I have to find it.

     

  • BackStreet Boys: Show’Em What You’re Made Of Trailer

    I may not be a BSB fangirl any longer, but they’ll always have a tiny place in my heart~

    I dunno why on earth they have a US/International cut of the trailer if both are exactly the same. The documentary opens in (I suppose) selected theaters in the USA and Canada on January 30th, as well as iTunes [US][Canada], and selected theaters in the UK and Europe on February 26th.

  • Top50 Songs of 2014

    I’m the crazy lady of Best Of lists~ so here’s another one.

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    Do your thing~

    But if you’re lazy, I’ve set up (almost) complete playlists on Xiami and YouTube.

  • Mahiro Maeda’s Nishi-Ogikubo Animation Short

    Honey, I Shrunk the Kids meets Metamorphosis meets Eega.

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    It’s pretty awesome. You can watch it on AnimatorExpo.com

  • Early 2014 Music Highlights~

    Last time it took me 2 years to get my 2012-2013 list out. LOL This year, I’m early. I’m pretty happy with my picks at the moment, so I hope nothing mind-blowing pops up in these last remaining weeks of 2014. In the meantime~ you know where to go.

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  • Let’s Talk About Sex with Ranveer

    For the International HIV/AIDS day, Ranveer Singh (ever the sexy) got together with MTV India and Durex to try to demystify sex in the country, where the topic is usually completely hush-hush or chup-chup. He’s straight-forward, candid, sexy, funny… and gets to awkward moments when he conjures the images of everyone’s parents creating us. Though, he does have a point.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SFTkE-Zzuo

    It’s been a while already – over six months, to be exact – my quiverations for Ranveer are still pretty consistent. Like, he seems completely changed, focus and serious funny in the latest Anupama Chopra interview he had where he even makes her laugh. Polka dotted suit and all. His last test will be sitting on a couch with Arjun Kapoor and NOT BE THIS EVER AGAIN.

    I do enjoy where his personality brand is going.